UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 5) HAEMONETICS CORPORATION COMMON STOCK 405024-10-0 (CUSIP No.) Check the following box if a fee is being Paid with this statement [ ] CUSIP No. 405024-10-0 (1) Names of Reporting Persons S. S. or I. R. S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons John F. White ###-##-#### (2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) --------- (b) --------- (3) SEC Use Only ----------------------------------- (4) Citizenship or Place of Organization U.S. Number of (5) Sole Voting Power 1,559,071 Shares Beneficially (6) Shared Voting Power ----- Owned by Each Reporting (7) Sole Dispositive Power 1,559,071 Person With (8) Shared Dispositive Power ----- (9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,559,071 (10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) (11) Percent of Class represented by Amount in Row (9) 5.8% (12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: HAEMONETICS CORPORATION - --------- --------------- Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: - --------- ------------------------------------------------ 400 Wood Road, Braintree, MA 02184 Item 2(a) Name of person Filing: John F. White - --------- ---------------------- Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: - --------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Same as above Item 2(c) Citizenship: U.S. - --------- ------------ Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock - --------- ----------------------------- Item 2(e) CUSIP Number 405024-10-0 - --------- ------------ Item 3 Not Applicable - ------ Item 4 Ownership: - ------ ---------- (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,559,071 (b) Percent of Class: 5.8% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,559,071 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: ------ (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 1,559,071 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: ------ Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: - ------ --------------------------------------------- Not Applicable Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: - ------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Not Applicable Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired - ------ the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Not Applicable Item 8 Identification and Classification of Member of the Group: - ------ --------------------------------------------------------- Not Applicable Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not Applicable - ------ ------------------------------- Item 10 Certification: Not Applicable - ------- -------------- Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Signed: /s/ BRIGID A. MAKES ----------------------------- Name: Brigid A. Makes ----------------------------- Title: Vice President, Finance ----------------------------- Date: February 13, 1997